Dengue virus type 2: replication and tropisms in orally infected <it>Aedes aegypti </it>mosquitoes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To be transmitted by its mosquito vector, dengue virus (DENV) must infect midgut epithelial cells, replicate and disseminate into the hemocoel, and finally infect the salivary glands, which is essential for transmission. The extrinsi...

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Main Authors: Olson Ken E, Sánchez-Vargas Irma, Richardson Jason H, Salazar Ma Isabel, Beaty Barry J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/7/9